Twitter as a

collaboration tool

Prepare

d b

y: - Anastasia Yurchenko - Chechuy Yana

Twitter is an online social

networking service that

enables users to send and

read short 140-character

messages called "tweets".

Registered users can read and

post tweets, but unregistered

users can only read them.

Users access Twitter through

the website interface, SMS, or

mobile device app. Twitter Inc.

is based in San Francisco and

has more than 25 offices

around the world.

Adva

nta

ges:

- Twitter is massive.- Every tweet goes to

your followers. - Tweets are easy to

create.- You can get to the point.

Dis

adva

nta

ges - Twitter is busy.- Twitter is not ideal for

visual content. - You are limited to 140

characters.- Not everyone can advertise.

Act

ivit

y

This task was created for

group of Ukrainian students

from Black Sea State

University and for group of

students from the partner

university in Canada. The task

is to learn some aspects of

English by distance studying

between two universities and

to share teacher’s skill in

doing it. The main part of this

project is preparing and

posting the essay on twitter

about using internet devices

and tools in studying English.

Topic

s fo

r ess

ays

— creating cartoons— creating own survey— publishing blogs

— creating free workspaces

Desc

ripti

on o

f th

e a

ctiv

ity

Students level — 5th year

Content area — Ukraine and

CanadaObjective of the activity — to

develope writing and creative

skills of students, to communicate

with representatives of other

country and to comment the

works of each other.Duration — 1 class.

Outcome/result of the activity

— students of both countries

should create and post their

essays on twitter and comment

them.

Thank you for attention!